Life's a beach and then you die

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Life's a beach and then you die

Post by Itchy » Sun Aug 29, 2010 7:37 pm

Sunburns anyone?
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Re: Life's a beach and then you die

Post by kaspired » Mon Aug 30, 2010 12:50 am

Wow! Lookit that detail. I
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Post by archonix » Mon Aug 30, 2010 10:35 am

Yes. Detail. ;D

No but seriously, it's great! Is it meant to be a film poster or...? Anyway, it's the perfect set-up
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Re: Life's a beach and then you die

Post by c_nordlander » Mon Aug 30, 2010 1:20 pm

OK, your art skills have evolved a lot since your previous pictures! Very on-model, IMO, and good inking. Beautiful title text, too. It reminds me a bit of a higher-quality Tijuana Bible. :) The cat lady is pretty, and I like Blinky in the background.

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Post by Itchy » Tue Aug 31, 2010 6:28 pm

Thanks guys!
Yes. Detail. ;D

No but seriously, it's great! Is it meant to be a film poster or...? Anyway, it's the perfect set-up
It is supposed to look like a cover for a non-existing comic. In retrospect maybe I should've included a Bongo logo and issue number to.
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Post by kaspired » Wed Sep 01, 2010 1:01 pm

Hi Itchy, I just took a huge liberty with your drawing. I colored it. Want to see?
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Re: Life's a beach and then you die

Post by Itchy » Wed Sep 01, 2010 3:14 pm

You did? Awesome. Please upload it, I'd love to see it.
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Post by kaspired » Wed Sep 01, 2010 4:42 pm

Ta-Dah!

Hope you like it.
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Post by Itchy » Wed Sep 01, 2010 6:56 pm

Splendid. I particularly like the shading on the flamethrower. The white stripe helps give it a shiny, metallic look. And you also managed to bring out the textures on that rock Scratchy's leaning on a bit more. Making the torso of his potential girlfriend look somewhat oily was also a nice touch. Looks like you forgot coloring the bottom of the sunlotion bottle but otherwise I think you did a very fine job. Thanks for taking your time to do it.
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Post by kaspired » Wed Sep 01, 2010 8:51 pm

Oh it was my pleasure. I'm relieved you like it.

Believe it or not,I kept the shading to a minimum. There was so much going on... Oh my! The final count was 29 colors.

You know how you always spot weird things afterwards? Having a two color hair sounded like a cool idea for the girlfriend-to-be. But... Her tail seems kinda seperated, doesn't really connect to anything, plus it's too close to the other colors. I woulda, shoulda, coulda used the same red-brown and come back in with that dark brown.

Oh well, next time.

Thanks for letting me do the coloring. It was fun.
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Post by Itchy » Wed Sep 01, 2010 9:54 pm

Yeah, I was going to comment on why her bottom hair had a different colour than the hair on the top of her head, but then figured maybe you were trying to illustrate shadows cast by her head or something like that.
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Re: Life's a beach and then you die

Post by kaspired » Fri Sep 03, 2010 1:14 am

Well, let me try it again. Basically the same, several small changes but one big difference.
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Re: Life's a beach and then you die

Post by Itchy » Fri Sep 03, 2010 9:49 am

Thanks again! Yellow fur works much better for the catwoman. Great shading on her. And giving her a blanket a color that isn't to similar to the sand makes it stand out a bit more.
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Re: Life's a beach and then you die

Post by kaspired » Fri Sep 03, 2010 8:25 pm

Glad this version worked.

Actually I considered a calico, and also tiger stripes but those would have been really confusing. I did up the color count, 35 colors this time.

Thanks again for letting me have a go at this.
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